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Mark D. Baker Memorial Scholarship for Northeast Iowa Community College

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This scholarship fund is dedicated to the memory of Mark D Baker. Mark graduated from Dubuque Senior High School in 1978, where he was active in sports, drama, student government, choir, newspaper and yearbook. Mark worked as a radio personality for many years at KDTH in Dubuque, KNEI in Waukon and WGUS in Augusta, GA. He worked as a journalist, a television producer, and a content creator, starting his work in television at FOX47 in Dubuque, WISC-TV in Madison, and eventually at WCCO in Minneapolis. During his 16 years of employment at WCCO, Mark won several Emmys and the respect, love, and admiration of his coworkers. Mark was an avid fan of baseball, forever pledging his heart to the Chicago Cubs and minor league baseball across the U.S. Mark passed away in 2016 after a fearless battle with cancer.

Mission

Each year, this fund will award three scholarships for adult students studying communications or marketing at Northeast Iowa Community College in Peosta, Iowa. Mark's desire for this fund was to help others get ahead through education. He felt that his education at Northeast Iowa Community College played a key role in moving him toward the successful career he loved and wanted to help provide a similar opportunity for others.

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